Anti-Fraud Analyst, TikTok Shop - USDS

Responsibilities About the team E-commerce's Governance and Experience is a global team responsible for ensuring our marketplace is safe and trustworthy for users, sellers, and creators. We value user satisfaction and work on policies, rules, and systems to ensure quality. The USDS Risk Control and Security team within GNE focuses on fighting various forms of fraud and abuse within the TikTok Shop ecosystem via insight generation, scaled enforcement, automation, and prevention. About the role As an Anti-Fraud Analyst, you will be responsible for investigating, analyzing, and deep diving into various types of fraudulent activity within TikTok's e-commerce platform. You will use the insights that you discovered to build automated detection and enforcement rules, improve operational efficiency, and work cross-functionally to push for policy and product enhancements to close known fraud loopholes. You will also develop and track key metrics to monitor progress. The position ensures that the business complies with US regulations and relevant laws, helps mitigate risk, and ensures adherence to company policies and procedures. Responsibilities Leverage data analysis tools and query databases to conduct risk/fraud investigations. Gather and analyze data and trends to draw out key insights, document them, and then recommend policy, process, and product improvements. Conduct timely root cause analyses on emerging fraud trends and escalations, documenting findings to inform and initiate policy, process, and product improvements. Maintain our enforcement rules and policies to ensure accuracy and compliance. Dive into the business and dig into user behavior to identify abnormalities. Develop regulations, models and risk control strategies for policy violations based on business requirements. Develop key metrics to track progress and monitor fraud trends Create standard operating procedures as needed for scaled manual operations workflows Provide training and guidance to other team members on fraud detection and prevention techniques. Qualifications Minimum Qualifications 2+ years of hands‑on and in‑depth experience in fraud and risk detection, enforcement, and investigations. Proficient in MySQL or other querying languages. Strong ability to analyze, manipulate, and identify insights from quantitative and qualitative data. Experience with creating rules or models to automate fraud detection or enforcement. Demonstrated analytical thinking and problem‑solving. Experience managing projects and coordinating with regional and cross‑functional partners. Strong work ethic and demonstrated ability to work independently and navigate ambiguity in a fast‑paced, dynamic environment. Preferred Qualifications Experience with LLM prompt engineering or LLM agent development Experience with Python or other scripting languages About USDS TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC is dedicated to the safety and security of millions of Americans who create, discover, and connect with what they love on the apps we operate. The Joint Venture has been established in compliance with the Executive Order signed by President Trump on September 25, 2025. Our foundation is a comprehensive data privacy and cybersecurity program we operate under defined safeguards to protect national security and secure U.S. user data, apps and the algorithm. We safeguard the U.S. content ecosystem, holding decision‑making authority for trust and safety policies and moderation. USDS Joint Venture helps ensure Americans can continue to express their creativity, discover new hobbies and interests, and build thriving communities and businesses on a global scale. On‑site presence across teams allows the company to operate with greater speed, alignment, and agility — especially in areas like real‑time decision‑making, team development, and integrated execution. As such, the company is shifting from a hybrid work model to a fully in‑person schedule up to 5 days a week. Why Join Us Inspiring creativity is at the core of TikTok's mission. Our innovative product is built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we work towards every day. We strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. Every challenge is an opportunity to learn and innovate as one team. We're resilient and embrace challenges as they come. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us. Diversity & Inclusion TikTok is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too. USDS Reasonable Accommodation USDS is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at Job Information 【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Annually) The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $91200 - $160445 annually. Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units. Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short‑term and long‑term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure). The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice. For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates: Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems;
3. Exercising sound judgment.